Leaside-Bennington
Neighbourhood in Toronto · #56
Former city: East York
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About East York
Former Borough of East York, the only borough until amalgamation.
Names you’ll hear here
- Leaside
Landmarks:
- Evergreen Brick Works
What stands out
- Highest home values in East York (median $2.0M)
- Highest share of homeowners in East York (28% rent)
- Most likely to walk or bike to work in East York (15% of commuters)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $2M · renters pay $1,480/mo2021 Census figures, not current prices. Rent is what renting households paid, utilities included, counting long-time tenants, subsidized homes and basement suites, so it sits below what a new lease costs. Use them to compare neighbourhoods, not to budget.
- To Union
- 45–60 min. About 47 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly car. 69% drive · 12% transit · 15% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly owners. 28% rent
- Tree canopy
- 45% or more. 55% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 55% · Semi & row 14% · Low-rise 23% · Towers 8%
- Built
- 1960 or before 67% · 1961–80 9% · 1981–2000 9% · 2001–21 14%
- Ages
- Under 15 18% · 15–24 13% · 25–44 20% · 45–64 33% · 65+ 17%
- Language at home
- English 91% · No other language above 5%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 2% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 3% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census and TTC/GO schedules, Leaside-Bennington. Tiers compare neighbourhoods across Toronto.